Magnetic fluids may be classified as ferrofluids (FF), which are colloidal suspensions of very
fine (~ 10 nm) magnetic particles, and magnetorheological fluids, which are suspensions of …

This book gives a comprehensive description of the physical properties of lyotropic liquid
crystals. Structural features, phase transitions and phase diagrams are discussed in detail …

Despite the large quantity of phenomenological information concerning the bulk properties
of nematic phase liquid crystals, little is understood about the origin of the surface energy …

Biaxial nematic and biaxial smectic phases were found in a colloidal model system of
goethite (α-FeOOH) particles with a simple boardlike shape and short-range repulsive …

We present a review of experimental data on the nonlinear optical properties of thermotropic
and lyotropic liquid crystals probed by the Z-scan technique. Depending on the time scale …

Optical studies have been carried out on a nematogenic copper complex, which
incorporates the features of both rod-like and disk-like molecules. Conoscopic figures are …

Lyotropic liquid crystalline quaternary mixtures of potassium laurate (KL), potassium
sulphate (K2SO4)/alcohol (n-OH)/water, with the alcohols having different numbers of …

The lyotropic liquid crystalline quaternary mixture made of potassium laurate (KL),
potassium sulphate, 1-undecanol and water was investigated by experimental optical …

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation of quadrupolar nuclei is introduced as a new
method for determining micelle size and nematic order in lyotropic nematic mesophases …

Dispersions of board-like goethite (α-FeOOH) particles with short-range repulsive interaction
form a versatile colloidal model system, showing a nematic, smectic A and columnar phase …